Christine Geery's 
A Penny For Your Thoughts?:

It was Frances who taught me how to tie my shoes, to ice skate and was there to catch me when I fell. I learned how to cook at her elbow. Oh, how she loved to cook and eat. When I was young I never cared for tomatoes or eggplant, but she devoured them, often plucking a tomato off the vine to savor with only the aid of a salt shaker. Now that I love them too, I think of her when I grow and cook them for my family.

Steve S's 
A Penny For My Thoughts?:

I always wondered how history would have been different if the Axis forces in World War Two had a decent sense of rhythm and a sense of humor. Would that have given them the edge they lacked? Would North America have been divided up by the Axis powers, like in Philip K Dick's novel, “The Man in the High Castle”?

Linda Seccaspina's 
Black Eyes, Blue Tears, and Dark Thoughts:

Penny for my thoughts about the subject now? There should never be any question or argument about someone that endured violence-physical or emotional. The abused need compassion and all the love you can muster up in your heart, as they will never forget the volume of pain inside or out. No matter how many years go by dark footsteps will follow me forever, along with stained eyes and blue tears, because voices and thoughts always carry.

Shelley Smith's 
I've Had a F@#$ of a Day:

John: I’ll be home in less than twenty minutes. You know what to do.

Shelley: What happened?

John: I don’t want to talk about it.

Shelley: That bad?

John: You have no idea.

Shelley: I'll do my best.

John: Don’t forget the Stilettoes.